LATIN AMERICA: Brazil's Wasted Generation

Since 1969, Brazil has achieved one of the world's most spectacular
rates of economic growth, impressive industrialization and a heady
standard of living for its thriving middle class. In the great booming
cities, flashy cars carry hordes of executives from comfortable
apartment houses to offices in downtown skyscrapers. The white sands of
Ipanema and Copacabana beaches teem with people enjoying the good
life. What mars this idyllic picture is a social scandal more massive
in Brazil than anywhere else on the South...